Vintage fashion and couture from Poiret to McQueen

Sobre el libro Vintage fashion and couture from Poiret to McQueen de Kerry Taylor publicado por Mitchell Beazley London Ltd. al 2013:

From Forturny and Worth at the start of the century, Lanvin and Chanel in the 1920s, Balmain and Balenciaga in the 1950s, Bill Blass, and Courreges in the 1960s, Yves St Laurent, Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell in the 1970s, Versace and Valentino in the 1980s, Azzedine Alaia and Martin Margiela in the 1990s to Alexander McQueen at the beginning of a new century, all the fashion stars are here. For each designer Kerry explores their career through a dazzling range of clothes and accessories, explaining what makes each item so desirable to the collector or wearer of vintage fashion. Each chapter includes at least one ´style icon´ whose relationship with fashion has had a lasting impact, including Baba D´Erlanger, Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso and Kate Moss. Illustrated with a mix of gorgeous fashion photography plus images from Kerry´s own astonishing archive, this book is set to become an invaluable guide for collectors of vintage (whatever their budget) and all those who love fashion